Yesterday, the winter Olympics popular event men's figure skating final came to an end, Chinese-American athlete Chen Wei won the gold medal with high scores, and the much-anticipated Japanese star Yu yum won the fourth place, rubbing shoulders with the medal.
The Ice Prince Is the only one in the world
For Yu Sheng, who has been the champion for two consecutive Winter Olympics, this is already a performance that has nothing to do with winning or losing, but beyond the limits of the human body. Although he fell to the ground while completing the ceiling difficult 4A jump, when he took off, he almost turned the number of laps, only one step away from his dream, imperfect is perfect.
The full name of 4A is Axel's around jump, which is the most difficult of all the jumping moves in figure skating today, and no one has ever completed it in an official competition.
Compared with other four-way jumps, "Axel Jump" needs to rotate for half a week, that is, if the player wants to complete 4A, he must complete a 1620-degree rotation in 0.7 seconds in the air after taking off, which is equivalent to the wheel speed of a 50 km / h, and at the same time, he must bear the impact force equivalent to 7 times his own weight.
In the history of figure skating, athletes have spent nearly a hundred years from the beginning of the completion of one and a half weeks to three and a half weeks.
The 27-year-old may be the last time he will participate in the Winter Olympics, so he would rather risk being crushed by a fall than challenge his limits to push figure skating forward again. He perfectly interpreted the Olympic spirit and showed the power of inward growth.
"Fate whispers to the warriors, you can't withstand the storm.
The warrior whispered in response, I, the storm. ”
In this competition, during the final free skating stage, Habu danced in an embroidered shirt embellished with blue and white background and gold sequins, and the performance was called "Heaven and Earth", from the Japanese river drama "With Heaven and Earth", which told the story of the growth of Kenshin Uesugi, a generation of war gods in the Sengoku period.
Uesugi Kenshin is one of the most legendary figures in Japanese history, who experienced family battles since childhood, and at the age of 19, he stood out as the head of a country and used soldiers on the battlefield like gods. At the same time, he is also a man of great morality and temperament, even in the chaotic world of the Warring States on the battlefield of wind and thunder, he still maintains the ultimate romantic humanity, enjoying the battle but also bearing the pain and contradictions brought to him by human nature.
This echoes Yusei's "fighting" values, he likes to compete and enjoy it, but the competition is lost and won, and when he wins, someone will lose the game, which is the sacrifice of the game. Yusei admired the general and substituted his emotions into it, even if he fell into adversity, he would never give up fighting and face his own demons.
At the end of the song, his hands were raised and slowly dropped, bowing deeply and gently caressing the ice, his hair hanging down gently with the breeze, and his still youthful face was full of confidence and a relieved smile, like a true warrior king returning. The bloom of his faith, spirit and beauty makes all the audience deeply attracted, and it is difficult to calm down.
"The face is like jade, the posture is like pine, the wings are like a shock, and the grace is like a dragon." Even CCTV couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the god of figure skating.
Created a peak
Enough for future generations to work hard to climb
Born on December 7, 1994, His father named him "Knot String" in the hope that he would "be as calm and full of fighting spirit as the bow string on the bow." ”
When he was four years old, in order to strengthen his body and overcome his asthma, he was first exposed to skating under the leadership of his sister, and when he was young, he leisurely rotated around the ice rink, which attracted the attention of the enlightenment coach Masami Yamada, who said, "I have never seen such a child who is not afraid of ice." ”
After this, Yusei quickly showed his talent on the ice and his strong desire to challenge. He officially joined the training, practicing day and day, even imagining the movements over and over again when he went to bed at night.
His mother saw that he was working too hard, so she told him that he could choose to give up at any time, but Yu Sheng said, "I will definitely do it for you." "Ice doesn't turn down a child with a dream, and sure enough, as a young man, he won the championship in his first national competition.
In the face of the camera interview, the 11-year-old made a bold statement, saying that he must win the Olympic championship, jumping around the world or even jumping for five weeks. Unconsciously, at the age of 17, Yusheng left his hometown with his bags on his back and went to the Cricket Club in Toronto, Canada, where he began his metamorphosis journey.
It is worth mentioning that the current head coach of the club, known as the "World Figure Skating Champion Manufacturing Machine", is Brian Orser, the godfather of Canadian figure skating, the first player in the history of figure skating to complete two AAA actions in free skating, and people affectionately call him "Uncle Bo". Because the old man's Olympic participants come from various countries, Uncle Bo has to change his national team uniform in each game.
Such a strong team has given Yusei a full range of professional guidance, and he has spent almost every day training, even the famous waterfall near Toronto has never been.
In 2014, the 19-year-old Yu Sheng became famous at the Sochi Winter Olympics, becoming the first Asian single Olympic champion, and the first person in the history of figure skating to score more than 100 short program competitions.
But fate suddenly made a joke for him, in November of the same year, Yusei was preparing for a figure skating match in Shanghai, a shocking scene occurred, he collided with his opponent, the ice blade crossed his chin and immediately bloodied, but when the coach asked him if he could jump, he yelled "Jump!" ”
So he tied a bandage on his head, endured severe pain, and his eyes were determined to start the game, once he fell down and got up to continue jumping, then fell down and jumped again, 5 of the total 8 jumps he fell heavily on the ground, and the blood on his chin also spilled out of the bandage. The last fall, it even took him a long time to get up. And even so, with all his strength to interpret the perfect him, the four-and-a-half performance still made him the runner-up!
The moment he heard his achievements, all the strong moments broke through the defense, and the stubborn tears broke through the ice. And this game, also known as "Phantom of Blood." ”
It is a person with such a belief in victory, like a warrior who killed crazy, who has completed the transformation step by step. At the age of 20, the Japanese Grand Prix became the first person in the history of figure skating to break 200 free skates, the first person to break 300 in total scores, six world records in one month, and the grand finals made an epoch-making triple crown.
At the age of 23, 94 days after retiring from the game due to injury, he parachuted into Pyeongchang to win gold at the Winter Olympics, becoming the first player to win the men's singles championship at the Winter Olympics since 1952.
More than 20 years of blood-drinking struggles have allowed him to break 19 world records, win 6 crowns, and win 37 gold medals, becoming the first single-season Grand Slam, double-lap Grand Slam and Super Grand Slam in the history of figure skating.
When the medals could no longer stimulate him, every competition since then has been constantly surpassing his own record, he said, "Now, I only jump for myself." ”
Perhaps God is also jealous of this peerless son, this time to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Yusheng carries the expectations of the masses, shouldering the pressure to fight.
In the short show performance, the first action was a mistake, and then he went back to check the ice surface and found that there was a small ice hole there, and he was stuck in it when he took off. He gently wiped the ice slag around him back into the ice cave, carefully filling in the ice surface, and in the face of the interview he joked, "Did you do anything to make the ice surface start to hate me?" The faint sadness in the expression was heart-wrenching.
"Defend an undefended city, fight an unwinnable battle, put all your glory and all your glory under the wheel of history, and the banner is awe-inspiring."
The history of Habu will forever be recorded in the annals of history, and the legend will never end. The game is a battle, perfection is never enough, he gave everything for it, and became his own "feather knot". And the artistic beauty he shows is incomparable and unmatched. We are glad that Habu can live in the same era as us, so let's look forward to Habu's return again.